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Word Components Pinyin Meanings
王里 1. (obsolete) to cut and polish jade
2. to put in order; to tidy up
     整理 (zhěnglǐ) - to tidy
      頭髮 (bǎ tóufà lǐ yī lǐ) - to get a haircut
3. to manage; to run; to handle
     理財 (lǐcái) - to manage money matters
4. (usually in negative) to pay attention to; to care about
     他們 。 (Tāmen bù lǐ wǒ.) - They are ignoring me.
      自己 。 - He doesn't care about even his own son.
5. (Cantonese) to concern oneself with; to interfere with
     (syn, zh, cmn:)
6. texture; grain (of wood)
     肌理 (jīlǐ) - skin texture
7. reason; logic; truth; science
     真理 (zhēnlǐ) - truth
     講理 (jiǎnglǐ) - to be reasonable
8. natural science
     理科 (lǐkē) - the sciences
     數理化 (shùlǐhuà) - mathematics, physics and chemistry
9. (obsolete) envoy; jail-official; matchmaker
千里 zhòng 1. heavy
     (ant, zh, )
      書包 gam3 cung5 ge2? - Why is your schoolbag so heavy?
2. weight
      蘋果 @100 。 - An apple weighs about 100 g on average.
3. deep; grave; serious; severe
     (zh-co, , to punish severely)
     (zh-co, 傷勢 , to be seriously wounded)
      。 - It's a bit too milky.
4. considerable (in amount)
zhòng 5. weight
6. weighty; important
     重任 - important task
7. grave; serious
8. solemn
     (zh-co, 隆重, grand; solemn)
     (zh-co, 莊重, solemn; serious)
9. prudent
10. to respect; to attach importance to
     (zh-co, 重義輕利, to value righteousness and care little for material gain)
11. (Cantonese) still
     (zh-alt-inline, , tr=-)
12. (Cantonese) even more
     (zh-alt-inline, , tr=-)
chóng 13. to repeat; to duplicate
14. to stack up; to pile up; to overlay
15. again; once more
     chóng - to meet again
     cung4 - to redo; to do again
     chóng 家園 - to rebuild one's home
     多重chóng人格障礙 - multiple personality disorder
旦里 liáng 1. to measure
2. to estimate; to evaluate
liàng 3. (historical) measuring vessel, such as the dou or hu
4. measure; measurement; quantity
5. capacity; volume
6. (Buddhist logic) pramana
7. (Min Nan) large steelyard
8. to estimate; to approximate
里予 1. countryside; field; outskirts; wilderness
2. plain; open country; open space
3. area; region; boundary
4. (among) the people; not in power; out of office
5. unadorned; unaffected; simple; plain
6. wild; not domesticated; stray
7. feral; untamed; unrestrained
8. rough; coarse; violent; boorish; rude
9. unofficial; informal; illegal
10. (literary or Min Dong, Xiamen, &, Quanzhou Hokkien, Wu) very; quite
shù 11. Variant of 嘢
立里 tóng 1. child
     兒童 - child
     童子 - boy
     童年 - childhood
      商店 童鞋 現貨。 - The store had children's shoes in stock.
      病童 情況 今天 看起來 昨天 不妙。 - The sick child looks still worse today than yesterday.
2. young servant; servant boy
     門童 - doorman
     書童 - page boy
     球童 - caddie
3. (Min, dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu) shaman
4. virgin
5. bare; exposed
     童山 - bare hill
      - Tong Guan (Song dynasty court eunuch)
6. 12th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "youthfulness" (?)
口里 1. (archaic) mile
2. (Used to indicate an interrogative perfective aspect.)
      阿曾 ? - tr=, Did you start the fire?, SH, ref=2010, Qian Nairong, 《滬語便商所見的老上海話時態》 (Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghainese as Found in the Book Huyu Bian Shang)
3. =====Usage notes=====
li, lī 4. (at the end of declarative sentence) (Used to indicate continuation of a state or action.)
     (syn, zh, )
5. (Placed after each item of a list)
     (syn, zh, )
6. ((a phonetic component))
     哩哩啦啦
     哩哩羅羅
7. (Dungan) (ng, Marks the perfective aspect.)
8. a meaningless particle (rfclarify) , zh
mǎi 9. (zh-only, 哩伽塔)
土里 mái 1. to bury
2. to hide; to conceal
mán 3. (zh-only, 埋怨)
4. (Cantonese) to approach
     zh-co, 埋位wai6-2, to get in one's place, C
     (zh-co, 埋站, (of a bus) to approach a bus stop; (of a train) to enter a train station, C)
     (zh-co, 。, The ship has come to the shore., C)
     快啲 ! - Hurry up and join us over here!
5. (Cantonese) towards; next to; close to
      。 - Don't walk towards me.
     (zh-co, , to sit next to them, C)
     (zh-co, 身邊, to stand next to them, C)
6. (Cantonese) together; close together
     (zh-co, 一齊, to sit together, C)
     (zh-co, 一齊, to put A and B next to each other; to place A and B together, C)
     (zh-co, 一齊, to stick together, C)
      材料liu6-2 lou1 。 - Mix the ingredients together.
7. (Cantonese) close; intimate
     (zh-co, , to get intimate, C)
8. (Cantonese) up; aside; away
     zh-co, cou5, to accumulate; to store up, C
     (zh-co, 收埋, to hide away (something), C)
      本書。 - Put back the book away.
9. (Cantonese) to close; to shut
     (zh-co, 埋口, (of an open wound) to heal, C)
     (zh-co, 埋閘, to close for business at night (lit. to shut the gates), C)
10. (Cantonese) shut; closed
     (zh-co, , to close the door, C)
     zh-co, mei1埋眼, to shut the eyes, C
11. (Cantonese) as well; in addition
     zh-co, ni1, to add this as well, C
      垃圾saap3 。 - Throw out the piece of paper as well when you throw out the garbage.
     (zh-co, 手機, to bring along a cellphone, C)
12. (Cantonese) to finish; to close off
     埋尾 - to finish off
     埋單 - to pay the bill (lit. to close off the bill)
13. (Cantonese) to completion (of the remainder)
     (zh-co, , to eat the rest of the rice, C)
     (zh-co, 乜嘢 , provide the whole package, C)
     而家 gok3 今晚 報告 。 - At this point, you've just written one page. I think you won't be able to finish writing up the report.
      同學 。 - Let your classmate finish what they have to say.
14. (Cantonese) (Used to indicate a negative evaluation on an event.)
     唔好 難聽 說話 。 - Don't say such terrible words.
      食煙 朋友日日 佢哋 二手煙係唔係 aa3? - All the friends you make are those darn smokers, and you're breathing second-hand smoke everyday. Do you want to get cancer?
     (zh-co, 三日唔埋兩日, , C)
     (zh-co, 三句唔埋兩句, , C)
广里八土 1.
衤里 1. (postpositional) in; inside
      房間 ? - Who is inside this room?
2. (postpositional) during; within
     暑假 - during the summer holidays
3. (Indicates a place.)
     這裡 - here
     那裡 - there
     哪裡 - where
4. interior; inside
5. lining
厂里 1. Simplified form of 釐
2. Variant of 廛
鱼里 1. Simplified form of 鯉
亻里 1. (obsolete) to rely on
2. (literary) rustic; vulgar; unpolished
3. folk; popular
     俚語 - slang
4. (historical) (general name for non-Han ethnic groups living in southern China)
5. (Suzhou Wu) he; she
犭里 1. leopard cat
2. raccoon dog
3. (obsolete) cat